كم

See also: کم and گم

Arabic

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /kam/

Adverb

كَمْ (kam)

  1. how many
    كَمْ كِتَابًا تُرِيدُ أَنْ تَشْتَرِي؟
    kam kitāban turīdu ʾan taštarī?
    How many books do you want to buy?
  2. how much

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /kamm/

Noun

كَمّ (kamm) m

  1. quantity, multitude
    اَلْعِبْرَةُ بِٱلْكَيْفِ لَا بِٱلْكَمِّ
    al-ʿibratu bi-l-kayfi lā bi-l-kammi
    (please add an English translation of this usage example)
  2. (physics) quantum
Declension

Etymology 3

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /kum/

Pronoun

ـكُمْ • (-kum) m pl

(enclitic form of أَنْتُم (ʾantum))
  1. you, your (masculine plural) (bound object pronoun)
    السَّلامُ عَلَيْكُمْ as-salāmu ʿalaykum — "peace be upon you"

References

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